Amontillado From the beginning of the story, Edgar Allen Poe indicates that revenge will have a key role in The Cask of Amontillado. In the very first sentence, Edgar says, “Fortunato had hurt me a thousand times, and I suffered quietly. But then I learned that he laughed at my proud name, Montresor, the name of an old and honored family. I promised myself that I would make him pay for this- that I would have revenge.” (Poe, 68) In the two paragraphs that follow, the bigger part of the story details the ideas of revenge that Montresor has in mind. From here, the author goes to a discussion by the narrator and details how he is planning to revenge on Fortunato. A few things are striking when...
